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UNIC annual report

European Cinema Figures and More by UNIC

Definitive cinema attendance figures for Europe in 2014 have been published by cinema trade body UNIC, as part of its 2014-2015 General Report. Preliminary figures were released by UNIC back in February and are largely the same, so the report is more interesting for its analysis of market trends, ad…

Daily Cinema Digest – Friday 5 June 2014

The first reviews are in for Secret Cinema’s “The Empire Strikes Back” and the Telegraph is positive about what it sees: As I step in to the first of a series of huge sets, all immaculately conceived and fully dressed, I feel like I have arrived in Marrakesh’s medina. Stormtroopers…

Wanda Acquires Hoyts

A Closer Look At Wanda’s Acquisition of Hoyts

Wanda Cinema Line had already planted its flag in the United States by acquiring the country’s second largest exhibition chain, AMC Entertainment, and now the Chinese company is entering the Australian market with an identical business move, snapping up Hoyts. Like AMC, Hoyts is the number two…

ECA Technical Handbook

ECA Handbook: Live Delivery Via Satellite (Part II)

Earlier this year The Event Cinema Association (ECA) published its “Technical Delivery Handbook”, a step-by-step guide to live delivery of event cinema, written by ECA members for the benefit of the industry. With satellite delivery the preferred mode of delivering live opera, theatre, c…

Dolby Cinema AMC Prime

Daily Cinema Digest – Monday 1 June 2015

USA (CA) – High-Def Digest has the first in-depth review of a Dolby Cinema/AMC Prime, this one situated at the AMC Deerbrook 24. Lots of pictures and a take on both “Tomorrowland” and “San Andreas” in Dolby Vision and Atmos. Prior to venturing to the theater, I contacte…

Christie Partnership With Cannes Film Festival

How Christie, Dolby and the CST Pull Off the Cannes Film Festival Each Year

Right about now an elite team of half a dozen cinema technicians from Christie are nearly complete undoing all of the hard work they concluded earlier this month when they completed preparations for the 68th annual Cannes Film Festival. Held for two weeks each May in the French Riviera resort town o…

Imax China

Daily Cinema Digest – Friday 29 May 2015

China (Hong Kong SAR) – Well that was quick! Having only been set up last year, Imax China Holdings is already planning an IPO. “IMAX China Holding Inc, majority-owned by the namesake giant screen movie theater equipment maker, filed for an initial public offering in Hong Kong, looking t…

Avengers China

China Cinema Digest – Thursday 28 May 2015

Foreign Policy Review has an excellent in-depth article “Hollywood’s New Box-Office Battleground: The Chinese Heartland” with the sub-heading, “Forget Beijing and Shanghai. The fates of flicks like Age of Ultron will be decided in places like Changzhou.” The article is clear…

ECA Technical Handbook

ECA Handbook: Live Delivery Via Satellite (Part I)

Earlier this year The Event Cinema Association (ECA) published its “Technical Delivery Handbook”, a step-by-step guide to live delivery of event cinema, written by ECA members for the benefit of the industry. With satellite delivery the preferred mode of delivering live opera, theatre, c…

Game of Thrones Cineplex

Daily Cinema Digest – Wednesday 27 May 2015

74 of Canada’s Cineplex cinemas will screen the season finale of HBO’s “Game of Thrones” on Sunday 14 June. “Last year, the season four finale was screened in 29 theatres, with more than 11,000 tickets snatched up within days.” The pre-show will include trailers…